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Wedding Venue in Marrakech · 72 Arset Awsel, Bab Doukkala, Marrakech
paymentsPrice / Night
groupGuest Capacity
Up to 40
hotelSleep Capacity
8 rooms
eventMin. Stay
2 nights
our editorial assessment
Riad 72, now branded 72 Riad Living, is a tall medina riad in the Bab Doukkala quarter, a short walk from the souks. It was built as a private palace in the 1920s, and the bones show it, high ceilings, tadelakt plaster, and arabesque tilework around courtyards with fountains and greenery. The signature is the rooftop, one of the highest terraces in the medina, with views over the old city to the Atlas Mountains on a clear day. It runs to 13 rooms across six room types, so this is a boutique riad, not a hotel, with an intimate scale the owners have grown carefully. Some suites have a private terrace with an outdoor hot tub, and there is a shared rooftop hot tub for all guests. Downstairs there is the WA Wellness spa with a traditional hammam, and a Sky Lounge bar on the roof. It is Italian-owned, and that design eye is felt throughout, and it earned a place in the MICHELIN Guide. The rating sits at 8.5. For a wedding, think intimate and stylish rather than grand.
This is a small riad, so a wedding here means an intimate takeover, not a 200-seat reception. We track a gathering of around 40 guests, which fits the courtyards and the big rooftop for a ceremony, a cocktail, and a dinner under the stars. With 13 rooms, your closest people sleep on site, and the whole riad becomes yours for the celebration when you book a full buyout. One honest point, Riad 72 runs first as a boutique riad with its own restaurant, La Table du Riad, so you should confirm directly what it offers for weddings, how many guests it will seat, and whether events run on the roof or in the courtyards. For a private event, couples typically bring in an outside caterer to cook at scale, though the in-house kitchen handles smaller dinners well. Because everything happens over a few floors around a courtyard, the day feels close and personal, with no walking between distant lawns. If your guest list is small and you love the idea of marrying inside a real medina palace, the format fits. If you are planning a big party, this is not the venue.
Riad 72 is one of the most affordable venues we track, which is the whole appeal of a medina riad. WeddingPlanMarrakech tracks a full-riad buyout between 2,500 and 4,500 euros per night, so taking the whole place for two or three nights is the usual plan. That figure is for the riad itself, and it sits far below the palmeraie palaces, though you still add catering, drinks, flowers, and any rentals for the roof or courtyards. Bringing your own caterer, which an intimate riad wedding usually needs, gives you direct control over the food bill. Because your inner circle sleeps in the 13 rooms, you also cut the hotel costs you would carry at a bigger venue. As always, ask for a written quote, and here specifically pin down whether the price is a room rate or a true exclusive-use fee, what the minimum number of nights is, and what the riad charges to host an event rather than just a stay. For a small, central, budget-friendly celebration inside the old city, few formats beat a riad on price.
The strengths are the location, the character, and the price. You are inside the real medina, in a 1920s palace with one of the highest rooftops in the old city, at a cost far below the grand hotels. The Italian design, the hammam, and the MICHELIN Guide listing all point to a place run with care, and the 8.5 rating backs that up. Now the honest limits. It is small, so around 40 guests is the ceiling and a big wedding is out of the question. Riad 72 operates mainly as a boutique riad, so its wedding and event offering is not clearly published, and you must confirm the format, the catering rules, and the true buyout terms directly before you count on it. There is no full swimming pool, only hot tubs on the terraces, which matters if you pictured a poolside party. And medina access means narrow lanes, so plan how guests, suppliers, and any hire gear reach the door. For an intimate old-city wedding on a sensible budget, it is worth a direct conversation.